Chlorine containing synthetic resins



Patented Aug. 11, 1942 I cnnonma comsmnsd'smna'rrc assms m w." rams. near o mgiig wmtj helm Becker a one, German! lteinhard liebermehl, Cole "NoDrawing. Application sep tember'1o',-19ss,;

1883a! No. 229,324. In Getmanyseptember- 13,;

30mm. (or. zen-s4) The present invention relates new chlorine 7 .It is" known that the chlorination of natural rubber whichis generally performed in" the presence of a solventsuch as carbontetrachloride. results. in a product which represents an excellent raw material. for the. preparation of lacquers, coatings, impregnations and thelike.

. synthetic, rubber-like -materia1s-;,such as polymeric butadienes-L3 and mixed polymerizates of lbutadienes-li and other polymerizable such as stryren'e have been subjected to chlorination. ,The chlorination products thus influenced by The chlorinated synthetic rubberswhich; are

- obtainable in. accordance, with our present inobtained differ mm chlorinated natural rubber in various'respects. Thus, they show too high a viscosity to be suitable for the preparation of spraying lacquers and the like. -;This diaad? vantage has been overcome as described in apv plicatlon Ser..No.'224,730' to Alfred Blomer and Wilhelm Becker med August' 13, 193a, by starting from those synthetic rubberlike'materials which have-been obtained by the polymerization in aqueous emulsion 'of butadien'ehydrocarbons in the presence of such substances as effect an increase of plasticity and solubility ofthe polymerizate. The resulting 'chlorination products more closely resemble chlorinated natural rubas to solubility and viscosity, but still diifer therefrom with respect to the chlorine content,"

. to prepare a chlorinated synthetic rubber which combines a good solubility anda'low viscosity with a high softening point and the capability ofbeingcombinedwithdryingoilssoastoresemble chlorinated natural rubber in every ret. e have now found that products of the desired properties can be obtained by affecting the chlorination (preferably in solution) of: synthetic rubber-like materials of the character described at a high temperature of above about 60 C. The chlorination productsthus obtained have a higher chlorine content and a higher softening point thanrthose prepared at a lower temperature. This is the more surprising asin the case of natural rubber the chlorine conv'ention even'showia higher softening point than the types'of chlorinated natural rubber which are 'to be found on 'themarked; Our heat chlorination involves the further advantage that the resulting products are'compatible with drying: oils such as linseed oil and 1inseed-oil/stand-oil,- whereas the products which are obtainable-by a chlorination atlov'r temperature are-insoluble in such materials. a result of our experiments we'can say that. the products which are obtain able in accordance with the present invention and in accordance with the invention describedin applicationSer.'No.\224,730;to Alfred'Blbmer of the chlorination process in detail, the 'chlore ination'can e .started at ordinary temperature, an increase of temperature being necessaryonly at'the end of the" reaction. A chlorination tem 1 and Wilhelm Becker represent a valuable substie tllteffmf chlorinated natural rubber and 1- are even superior thereto as to thesoftening point.

Turningnovirv to the advantages involved by the-present invention and to the individual steps perature of about l00-125 eflects a higher irev action velocity and a higher softening point than rials as well as the chlorination productsob a temperature of about 80 C. As solvents we prefer those which dissolve the starting matetained therefrom. Examples ofsuch solvents are chlorinated .aliphatic 'and aromatic hydrocare bons such as chloroform symmetrical dichloro-' ethane, "symmetrical tetrachloroethane and i 5 chlorobenzene. In'case of carbon tetrachloride there may. be observed intermediate products which are insoluble in the solvent but are again dissolved upon continuing the"chlorination.' The chlorination products can be isolated from the 40 solutions thus obtained in the mannercustomar- .ily employed for the isolation of chlorinated natural rubber, for instance, by precipitation by.

means of hot water or by means of methyl alcohol. Moreover, the solutionscan' be applied to Y 5 hot rollers whereby the solvent is evaporated v and the final product is isolated in a solid state.

7 to a treatment with alkaline reacting substances,

For. stabilization the solutions can be subjected such as sodium carbonate. Moreover. in order gusto induce a permanent stabilization to the final products weprefer to incorporate therewith an ethylene oxide derivative such as phenoxypro- -penoxide.

- The term polymerizates of butadienes-L3" tent and the softening point is not materially comprises the products which'are obtainable ac.

zates which have been prepared in the presence I of such substances, as effect an increase of plasticity and solubility of the polymerizates as is more fully described in application Ser. No.

224,730 to Alfred Blomer and Wilhelm Becker.

In case emulsion polymerizates are to be employed as starting materials the latex-like emulsions can be converted into solutions man or ganic solvent by adding to the emulsion a suitable solvent such as chlorobenzene or carbon tetrachloride, stirring the whole so as to form an emulsion and then removing the water by evaporation in the vacuo; In this manner; a clear solution of the synthetic rubber-like material in chlorobenzene is obtained. v I

The iollowing examples illustrate the present invention without, however, restricting it thereto the parts being by weight:

Example 1 A solution of 100 parts of a sodium polymerization product of butadiene in 1400 parts of chloroform is saturated by means of chlorine while stirring at -25. The chlorination product thus obtained corresponds to the product of Example 1 or application Serial No." 202,445, flied Apri116, 1938. The chlorination is then continued at a temperature of 60 and a pressureof 12 mm. The chlorination product thus formed is precipitated by pouring the solution onto streaming hot water. The precipitated product is stirred with a sodium carbonate solution for removing hydrogen chloride and chlorine which may be mechanically adhered thereto or. may be present in the product in a loosely bound state.

The chlorination product has a high chlorine content and a softening point of 140. It is. especially suitable for the preparation or lacquers and paints.

Example 2 propylxanthogendisulflde, are dissolved in 3200 parts or acetylene tetrachloride and treated with a I chlorine at 35 until no more chlorine is absorbed. The solution thus formed is heated to ficial resins as are obtainable for instance by the.

condensation of glycerine with phthalic acid and linoleic acid. It has a softening point of about 145.

Example 3 250 parts of a latex containing parts oi'a mixed polymerizate of butadiene and styrene (obtained by the emulsion polymerization of 75% butadiene and 25% styrene in the presence of 2.5% 01' diisopropylxanthogendisulflde) are stirred with 1200 parts or chlorobenzene. From the-emulsionthus obtained water is evaporated by azeotropic distillation. The clear solution or the polymerization product in chlorobenzene thus obtained is treated with chlorine at 25, until no more chlorine is absorbed, and then again chlorinated under pressure at The product is worked up as described in Example 2. The chlorination product thus obtained has a chlorine content of 64.5% and a softening point 01' We claim:

'1. The process which comprises contacting chlorine with a solution in an indifferent solvent of a synthetic rubber-like material selected from the group consisting of those having been prepared by the polymerization of butadiene-l.3 and those having been prepared by the polymerization or a mixture of butadiene-L3 with other copolymerizable substances, the reaction being continued until the chlorination product has become compatible with drying. oils, the temperature'ot the reaction being below 60 C. at the beginning and at least 60 C. at the end thereof.

2. The process as claimed in claim 1 wherein a temperature between 60C. and about 125 C. is employed at the end or the reaction.

3. The process as claimed in claim 1 wherein there is employed as starting material a product 01' the conjoined emulsion polymerization of butadiene and styrene.

ALFRED 31.6mm. WILHELM BECKER. REINHARD HEBERMEHL. 

